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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the tr

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. – Ruth Benedict

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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict

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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating… because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. – Fidel Castro

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War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war. – Chief Joseph

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In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. – Julius Caesar

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There is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction. – John Cory

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